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CITY OF CLERMONTavece
Charrowns ORDINANCE NO. 2018-20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
CLERMONT, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 54,
STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES, SECTION 54-
101, "DEFINITIONS" AND SECTION 54-102 "PERMIT
REQUIRED/EXEMPTIONS", CREATING SECTION 54-107
"DISTRIBUTION OF MATERIALS ON CITY PROPERTY", REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
The City Council of the City of Clermont, Lake County, Florida hereby ordains that:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 54, Street, Sidewalks and Other Public Places, Section 54-101, Definitions, is hereby
amended as follows, Section 54-102, Permit Required/Exemptions is amended as follows, and
Section 543-107 Distribution of Materials on City Property is hereby created at follows:
Section 54-101 Definitions
The following words,terms,and phrases,when used in this article,shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly requires otherwise:
1. "Advertise"is the act of publicly announcing or calling public attention to a person, thing,
place,or event and shall include,but not be limited to, the distribution of handbills or mass
mailings, the use of outdoor advertising and announcements by radio, television, or
newspaper.Distribution also includes the use of electronic media to include email,internes,
social media sites, and other electronic means.
2. "Event Organizer" means a business, Corporation, Limited Liability Company,
individual, or any other legal entity which organizes, sponsors, or operates a Special
Event.
3. "Regulated Property"means all real property located within the municipal boundaries of
the City of Clermont, to include the waterways, access points and lakes or other bodies of
water under the control of the State of Florida or Lake County Board of County
Commissioners whose use may require action by City resources such as,but not limited to,
the Police, Fire or Public Works Departments. Any property within the City of Clermont
owned by the Lake County School Board is exempt from this definition and the applicable
requirements of this ordinance.
4. "Parade" is any procession, march or assembly wherein the participants travel by foot,
vehicle or otherwise in or upon any street, sidewalk, public right-of-way, bicycle path,
public property,or public parking facility within the City;provided,however,that"parade"
shall not include a peaceful procession or peaceful picketing that is conducted off the street
or roadway in conformance with all traffic laws,City ordinances and State Statutes and not
in a manner as to obstruct vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
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5. "Public Use" is any lawful utilization of city owned parks, grounds, or other facilities
which is not prohibited by any applicable regulation,ordinance,or law and which does not
in fact interfere with, or tend to interfere with or obstruct the use of the park grounds or
facilities by the general public or by any other person or person previously authorized to
utilize the same.
6. "Special Event" means a temporary assembly held on regulated property within the City
of Clermont, not regularly used by the event organizer to conduct its business or affairs.
Special Events may be "for profit" or "not-for-profit". A Special Event shall include, but
not be limited to, any ceremony, exhibition, show, concert, wedding, large gathering,
pageant, rally, private entertainment events, seasonal holiday sales, professional
performances, concerts, parades, street dances, sporting events, festivals, competitions, art
shows, runs/races/walks or assembly, and any event where fireworks shall be used,
exploded or displayed.
7. "Firework" shall mean and include any combustible or explosive composition, or any
substance or combination of substances, or, except as hereinafter provided, any article
prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or an audible effect by combustion,
explosion, deflagration or detonation, and shall include blank cartridges and toy cannons
in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire beneath to propel the
same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman Candles, Daygo Bombs, and any
fireworks containing any explosive or flammable compound or any tables or other device
containing any explosive substance.
Section 54-102 Permit Required/Exemptions
1. All Special Events held on regulated property within the City of Clermont require
a Special Events Permit in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, unless
expressly exempted. No event organizer required by this Ordinance to obtain a Special
Events Permit shall advertise, engage in, participate in, aid, form, or start any Special
Event prior to obtaining a Special Events Permit from the City of Clermont.
a. Special Events requiring a permit shall be any event or activity; other
than the normal day to day or seasonal operations of concerns licensed
or established within the City of Clermont, which is designed, advertised,
or intended to attract the participation or attendance of more than two
hundred fifty(250) people.
b. Special Events requiring notification only shall be any events or
activities, other than the normal day-to-day or seasonal operations of
concerns licensed or established within the City of Clermont which is
designed or intended to attract the participation of more than one hundred
(100) but less than two hundred fifty(250) people.
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c, Any organized activity, including but not limited to any ceremony,
exhibition,show, concert,wedding,large gathering,pageant,rally,private
entertainment events, seasonal holiday sales, professional performances,
concerts, parades, street dances, sporting events, festivals, competitions,
art shows, runs/races/walks or assembly, and any event where fireworks
shall be used, exploded or displayed that is held on City property shall be
required to obtain a Special Events Permit.
Section 54-107 Distribution of Materials on City Property
The City prohibits the use of any tables, stands, risers, benches, chairs or objects of any
kind as a means of, or as part of, the distribution of pamphlets, handbills, circulars, newspapers,
materials and/or literature on City property without an approved Special Event Permit.
SECTION 2.
All Ordinances or parts of this Ordinance in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
Should any section or part of this section be declared invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such adjudications shall not apply to or affect any other provision of this Ordinance,
except to the extent that the entire section or part of the section may be inseparable in meaning and
effect from the section to which such holding shall apply.
SECTION 4.
Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be codified as a part of the Clermont City Code. The codifier is
authorized to make editorial changes not effecting the substance of this Ordinance by the
substitution of"Article" for "Ordinance", "Section" for "Paragraph", or otherwise to take such
editorial license.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall be published as provided by law, and it shall become law and take effect
upon its Second Reading and Final Passage.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Clermont, this 22nd day of
May, 2018.
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Gail L. Ash, Mayor
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Tracy Ackroyd Howe, City Clerk
A l t eyed as . form and legality:
Danie F. Mantzaris, City Attorney